Matthew 20:27
And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your slave:
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
In Context
26But it shall not be so among you: but whoever will be great among you, let him be your servant;
Cross References
Matthew 18:4Therefore, whoever shall humble himself as this little child, he is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 22:26But not so with you: but he who is greatest among you, let him be as the youngest; and he who rules, as he who serves.
Romans 1:14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians; both to the wise, and to the foolish.
2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more so; in labours more abundant, in beatings beyond number, in prison more frequently, in danger of death often.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:21-29
Ambition Corrected. 20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. 21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. 23… Read the whole commentary →